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Football Quotes by Mark Jackson

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Mark Jackson notes that the best coaches deliver a clear message and spark a winning spirit in the team. He recalls playing for Hall of Fame coaches and seeing how lack of support can hurt a squad. He also mentions being overlooked even when leading in assists.

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Kobe Bryant will be better than Michael Jordan

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I've been coaching all my life.

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Stephon Marbury is an excellent player.

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The bottom line is I've had longevity and I've won everywhere I have gone.

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There are so many guys that can't transfer their street game to the NBA.

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Dirk Nowitzki will be better than Larry Bird. I'm a legend killer.

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I'm fine with selecting Curry because the season he's had has been incredible.

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I love Steph Curry, and I'm excited and proud of the fact that he was MVP of the league in 2014-15.

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I was fine if I lived to be 100 and died and never have an opportunity to be a head coach because…

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Believe me, had I never coached a minute in my life, I would've been fine.

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I watch coaches lobby for jobs. With all due respect, how could you win doing that?

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I played with great players, but I was the leader on the floor and the key thing in my mind is that…

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I think at the end of the day, as a team - I've been a player in this league and covered the…

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I've been on teams and I've witnessed teams that folded the tent and didn't practice and didn't play and wasn't supportive of…

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As a kid, I dreamt of playing in the NBA, I dreamt of coaching in the NBA, and I dreamt of announcing…

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To live my life, to have played 17 years in the NBA, to have coached for three years for a team, and…

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If you twisted my arm today, I would probably vote for James Harden, he's single-handedly put that Houston Rockets team in the…

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I love calling games, but when I watch sports anyways, I'm still calling them. I'm talking to myself, whether it's a basketball…

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I always thought that it wasn't fair when people say, 'Well, you can't be a friend to your players and be a…

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I love Jason Kidd and he is an all-time great, but the way Steve Nash is playing the point guard position is…

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I've had situations where I led the league in assists and didn't make the All-Star team. I've had situations where my team…

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I love being at the games. I love calling the games. This was a dream of mine as a kid. I would…

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Westbrook: 10 triple-doubles and carrying that team, injury-prone, into the playoffs. LeBron being the best player in the world. But I think…

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I would like to go straight into being a head coach. When that day comes I'll be ready for it. No sense…

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I have played for not just great coaches, but Hall of Fame coaches.

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I think at the end of the day Jason Kidd is an all-time great player who I've got a lot of respect…

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If I'm coaching a team that has the ability to post up, I'm going to take advantage of the size in the…

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In this league, when you're competing and teams are getting after it and you're jockeying for playoff position in your same division,…

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I certainly believe I am capable of being a head coach or running a team. The bottom line is surrounding yourself with…

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I learned from great coaches like Phil Jackson that you need to know when to take time out when all hell is…

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You run me off a down screen and you run Steph Curry, it's not the same. It may be the same action…

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If you want to bring out the best in Stephon Marbury, you can't ask him to be Jason Kidd. Just like if…

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Steph Curry is a great basketball player, but he's not Magic Johnson. And it'd be unfair to ask Steph Curry to be…

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When I think of my best coaches, I think of the guys who can deliver a message, who can allow their will,…

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If you ask me if I could pick one coach that I never played for to be my head coach for a…

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I believe I'm the slowest point guard who ever played. But it was a blessing as a kid not being as athletic,…

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Fixing any team you have to make sure you know exactly what you are going to get night in and night out.…

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I had incredible teammates, like Patrick Ewing, who's the greatest Knick that's ever played... He left his heart on the floor and…

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At the end of the day, I'm a guy that stays in my own lane.

You run me off a down screen and you run Steph Curry, it's not the same. It may be the same action but it…

The coaches that I played for lived other places.

There's a perception that's been put out into the marketplace by No Child Left Behind that schools aren't doing enough for kids.

I don't believe in rookie hazing. I believe in rookies doing stuff as rookies. Getting coffee. Getting donuts. Picking up a tab. Not a…

When I think of my best coaches, I think of the guys who can deliver a message, who can allow their will, their winning…

I just have a confidence and a toughness that personifies New York City and gives you an edge.

The importance in life is to never burn a bridge.

I have played for not just great coaches, but Hall of Fame coaches.

We live in a country that allows you to be whoever you want to be.

I would say the first thing that enabled me to play 17 years is that I was not gifted as an athlete, and not…

If you ask me if I could pick one coach that I never played for to be my head coach for a season, it…

I've been on teams and I've witnessed teams that folded the tent and didn't practice and didn't play and wasn't supportive of one another…

I never got it, even as a player, how a coach can cuss a player out or disrespect him and I'm a grown man…

One thing I live by, you make a mistake, you own it.